On Apr 8, 12:32=A0am, Straydog <arthu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'll give a few of MY ideas on how to survive.
>
> 1. Have a secure job (eg. govt civil service in an essential area,
> tenure in academia, etc).
> 2. If you lose your job, be able to find a new one quick.
> 3. Besides 1 and 2, the next thing is to have enough money in the bank
> so if you lose your income, then you can still pay the rent and buy
> food until things get better.
> 4. Become rich so you can utilize option 3.
> 5. Find out where the soup kitchens are, where the park benches are
> (or bridges) so you can sleep under them at night, in case you can't
> use options 4, 3.
All this is useless advice.
Especially number 4. Does anyone set out to become poor that you are
advising them to 'become rich'? Worst advice is #1. US govt is
going bankrupt so anyone foolish enough to think there is a gravy
train waiting for him the day he sets foot in the civil service has
something else coming.
How about one simple piece of advice "be the best in your field or at
least move towards that goal and you will (maybe) survive this
recession".
All the rest of the advice from trying to climb onboard some
government gravy train hoping someone else's brain power & labor will
pick up the slack to sleeping under a bridge is just BS.
How about you try sleeping under a bridge sometime. If you are not
robbed & killed by drug addicts or freaks through the night, its a
bonus.
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